In the Prog Seat: Favorite Progressive Rock/Fusion Albums of 1978 

Pete's Picks: Best Albums of 1978 1) Rush-Hemispheres 2) Jethro Tull-Heavy Horses 3) Cathedral-Stained Glass Stories 4) Dixie Dregs-What If 5) Pat Metheny Group-Pat Metheny Group Honorables: Styx- Pieces of Eight, Manfred Mann’s Earth Band-Watch, Al DiMeola-Casino, Genesis-And Then There Were Three, Frank Zappa-Zappa in New York, UK-UK, Renaissance-A Song for All Seasons, Saga-Saga, Max Webster-Mutiny Up My Sleeve, Steve Hackett-Please Don’t Touch, Magnum-Kingdom of Madness, Peter Gabriel-Peter Gabriel, Yes-Tormato, Jethro Tull-Bursting Out, Weather Report-Mr. Gone, Kansas-Two for the Show, Spyro Gyra-Spyro Gyra, National Health- Of Queues and Cures, Banco-di Terra, Happy the Man-Crafty Hands, FM-Black Noise, Pentwater-Out of the Abyss Ken's picks: 1. Grobschnitt - Solar Music Live 2.Banco - Di Terra 3. Bubu - Anabelas 4. Gotic - Escenes 5. Eloy- Live HM Scorpions - Tokyo Tapes Het Pandorra Ensemble - III Cathedral - Stained Glass Stories National Health - Of Queues And Cures Camel - Breathless Camel - A Live Record Happy The Man - Crafty Hands Shylock - Il De Fievre Weidorje - same Area - 1978 Jean-Luc Ponty - Cosmic Messenger FM - Direct To Disc Tantra - Holocausto Renaissance - A Song For All Seasons Steven's picks: 1. Jean Michel Jarre - Equinox 2. Kate Bush - The Kick Inside 3. Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds 4. Styx - Pieces Of Eight 5. Saga - Saga Genesis - …And The There Were Three Rush - Hemispheres Anthony Phillips - Wise After The Event Peter Gabriel - Scratch Alan Parsons Project - Pyramid UK - UK Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses Luis' picks: Luis Nasser 5. Banco di Terra, 4. National Health -of queues and cures 3. Dixie Deregs - What if 2. Happy the man - Crafty hands 1. Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses Honorable: Zappa, läther, Jethro Tull - Bursting Out, Muffins - Manna/Mirage Rush Hemispheres is a tie for number 1 objectively. Armando's picks: 1) Saga debut 2)Al Di Meola : Casino 3)Rush: Hemispheres 4) Styx : Pieces Of Eight 5) Alan Parsons Project : Pyramid Honorable Mentions : Tangerine Dream : Cyclone Genesis : And Then There Were Three Mike Oldfield : Incantations Eric's picks: 5. Steve Hackett - Please Don't Touch 4. Al DiMeola - Casino 3. Dixie Dregs - What If 2. Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses 1. Happy The Man - Crafty Hands Honorable Mentions UK David Gilmour Pat Metheny Group National Health - Of Queues and Cures George's picks 5. Guadalquivir - s/t 4. Space Circus - Funky Caravan 3. Al Di Meola - Casino 2. Gong - Expresso II 1. Rush - Hemispheres HMs Spheroe - Primadonna Fermata - Huascaran National Health - Of Queues and Cures Joanne Brackeen - Aft Anthony's picks: 1. UK--Self Titled 2. David Gilmour--Self Titled 3. Steve Hackett--Please Don't Touch 4. Steve Hillage--Green 5. Genesis--And Then There Were Three Chuck’s Picks: * 5. Pieces Of Eight-Styx * 4. Book Early-City Boy * 3. Safety In Numbers-Crack The Sky * 2. Saga-Saga * 1. Studio Tan-Frank Zappa Honorable mentions Mutiny Up My Sleeve-Max Webster And Then There Were Three-Genesis Of Queues And Cures-National Health Peter Gabriel 2-Peter Gabriel Hemispheres-Rush The Man Machine-Kraftwerk

Cheers Proggers! 1) Rush- Hemispheres 2) Dixie Dregs- What If 3) U.K. 4) Al Di Meola - Casino 5) Jean Luc Ponty- Cosmic Messenger

Chuck always amazes me, a very cool guy and he knows most of the albums!

1. Rush - Hemispheres 2. Yes - Tormato 3. Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses 4. Genesis - …And Then There Were Three… 5. Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Love Beach 6. Steve Hackett - Please Don’t Touch 7. David Gilmour 8. U.K. 9. Styx - Pieces of Eight

Hi everyone a great show.Thanks to everyone top 5s

Good show Pete. This is a great panel of guests. I enjoy how they can joke with each other. This is the highlight of my week.

George - King of obscure prog 😂.Anthony and Louis Nasser -best friends foreever 😂...excellent team up for Homework assignment 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥😂🤘

1. UK- UK 2. Rush- Hemispheres 3. Jethro Tull- Heavy horses 4. Styx- Pieces of eight 5. Steve Hackett- Please don't touch 6. Frank Zappa- Zappa in New York 7. Jeff Wayne- Jeff Wayne's musical version of the war of the worlds 8. David Gilmour- David Gilmour 9. Happy the man- Crafty hands 10. Weather report- Mr. Gone

Another great one! I had to pause it to listen to City Boy because I wasn't aware of it. Holy shit I loved it!!! A lot of other great stuff too thanks guys tou made my Wednesday night!

My top five: 1- Steve Hackett- Please Don't Touch 2- Jethro Tull- Heavy Horses 3- Renaissance- A Song For All Seasons 4- Styx- Pieces of Eight 5- Dixie Dregs- What If

Thanks everyone for watching! Great picks from everyone, more shopping to be done! Interesting with many similar picks, reaffirms the music's greatness.

Camel: Breathless David Gilmour: David Gilmour Genesis: And Then There Were Three Jethro Tull: Heavy Horses Rush: Hemispheres

Thanks, gentlemen, for posting the titles to these. Some I had never heard of and really want to check out.

Another great show Gents. Thank you!

UK at Penns Landing on a warm July evening. Thanks for the time trip Ken Golden !

Thanks Pete and guests. Almost 2 hours of fun and education, rolled into one. 5. Happy the Man-- Crafty Hands 4. Barclay James Harvest-- Twelve 3. Weather Report-- Mr. Gone 2. Al Stewart-- Time Passages (sounds like prog-folk to me) 1. Jack Bruce-- Jet Set Jewel HM's: John McLaughlin-- Electric Guitarist Yes-- Tormato Strawbs-- Deadlines ELP-- Love Beach (I truly love this LP)

1.Jethro Tull-Heavy Horses 2.Rush-Hemispheres 3.Styx-Pieces of Eight 4.Yes-Drama 5.U.K.-Self Titled Chuck makes this show great.love his laughter and his knowledge

1. UK : UK 2. Jethro Tull : Heavy Horses 3. Rush : Hemispheres 4. Yes : Tormato 5. Happy The Man : Crafty Hands HM - David Gilmour : David Gilmour - Cathedral : Stained Glass Stories - Al Di Meola : Casino - Jean-Luc Ponty : Cosmic Messenger - Steve Hackett : Please Don't Touch - Eloy : live - Frank Zappa : Zappa in New York

For penance when you're back, Pete et al, I expect the top 5 Singapore prog albums of all time. No excuses. :)

Kansas: Two For The Show Rush: Hemispheres UK: debut Jethro Tull: Heavy Horses Camel: Breathless Styx: Pieces of Eight

Great episode! I was born in 78' and I feel like all the great music in the air pushed me into becoming a musician

Good afternoon Everyone, I like everyone involved here am quite happy to be fortunate enough to be involved with this forum. While we and everyone that view might not always agree with everything that I or the mates here pick, yet I have a few words to say about some rather troubling circumstances behind the scenes. If one doesn't like the platform that Pete has painstakingly created here, there's no need to troll this page. One can constructively voice their opinions yet to vehemently troll ones page with hateful bordering on disgustingly asinine comments, it's best that person (s) grow up and take their childish behavior elsewhere. Please report any badgering/trolling to the RU-vid moderators.

Rush -Hemispheres Kansas - Two for the Show (I know…it’s a live album) Styx - Pieces of Eight Genesis - And Then There We’re Three Tull - Heavy Horses

Pete, as a long time subscriber now, I have really enjoyed all of your content but I must say In the Prog Seat is now my favorite show. This current line up is just awesome! From Chuck, Ken, Steven, George and all the rest are just great. Keep this show going my friend.

Performing Tubular Bells live in the BBC studios with Mike Oldfield on 30/11/1973... John Field - flute Fred Frith - bass, guitar John Greaves - keyboards Steve Hillage - guitar Tim Hodgkinson - keyboards Karl Jenkins - oboe Geoff Leigh - flute Pierre Moerlen - percussion Mike Oldfield - bass, guitar Terry Oldfield - flute Mike Ratledge - keyboards Mick Taylor - guitar Ted Speight - guitar, bass Tom Newman - voice + Choir Awesome show by the way!

I have 100 albums in My Top 10 needs to be a shirt, Pete.

“Dark Eye Tango” from Casino an all time favourite of mine.

Best albums of 1978 1. UK 2. Rush: Hemispheres 3. Pat Metheny Group 4. Steve Hackett: Please Don't Touch! 5. Yes: Going For The One

We're probably going to need Michael Riffee to come over to In the Prog Seat, and start posting the 'takeaways' from each episode going forward - you guys are a mess, lol! Some faves: Magma - Attahk Rush - Hemispheres Renaissance - A Song for All Seasons Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses Genesis - ...And Then There Were Three... Area - 1978 Gli dei se ne vanno, gli arrabbiati restano! Kraftwerk - The Man-Machine (I think this is fair game...) Great on Steven for mentioning the first Kate Bush album.

Gentlemen - what a great show. I finally feel understood. I've been a fan of this music for a lion's share of my 53yrs. I lead a busy professional life but always find time to watch your program. Love the top 5 for every year. Wish I was a part of it!

Again, great show! Here's my list: 1. Rush - Hemispheres 2. Royals - Live '78 (a finnish band, double LP Includes great & bombastic nearly 20 minute version of Amboy Dukes "No Holds Barred" with a lenght Moog solo ;) 3. Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses 4. Yes - Tormato 5. Saga - Saga Honorable mention: Camel - Breathless. Keep going on good work, boys & cheers from Finland!

1. Hemispheres - Rush 2. Tormato - Yes 3. UK: UK 4. Jethro Tull: Heavy Horses

You guys made my day! You are having fun and it truly shows. Lots of things I will dig into!

My Top Five: 1) Prism - Second Thoughts/Second Move 2) Al Di Meola - Casino 3) Space Circus - Funky Caravan 4) Crosswind - Self Titled [Japanese Band] 5) David Sancious & Tone - True Stories HM: 1) Al Foster - Mixed Roots 2) Dragon - O Zambezi

Luis Nasser is the Prog Rock Chris Alo! He is awesome.

Pyramid, What If and Crafty Hands on order. The first two were very reasonably priced but had to apply those card rewards for Craft which was net $0.73. Was interested in Gotic and Banco but no luck finding. Thanks guys.

What a great crew. Had a blast!

What a great episode! I can't wait to get into some of this material. As for me, my favorites from 1978: 1. Rush - Hemispheres 2. Yes - Tormato (there are a lot of amazing memories tied to this album) 3. Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses 4. Kansas - Two for the Show 5. UK

1. Max Webster : Mutiny Up My Sleeve 2. Magnum : Kingdom of Madness 3. Styx : Pieces of Eight 4. Mike Oldfield : Incantations 5. Saga : Saga 6. Camel : Breathless 7. Rush : Hemispheres 8. Budgie : Impeckable 9. UK : UK 10. Renaissance : A Song for all Seasons 11. Steve Hillage : Green 12. Jethro Tull : Heavy Horses My overall top three albums of the year do not qualify as Prog (by my standards at least): Those being Judas Priest’s “Stained Class” and “Killing Machine,” and Queen’s “Jazz.”

this is basically a repeat of my list I had on my HVS 1978 video comment largely because this is mostly a prog year for me 5 - UK - UK - this is absolutely fantastic and the fact that it's at 5th place is a testament to 1978 4 - Rush - Hemispheres - one of the best rush albums, they most progressive and an absolute masterpiece 3 - Saga - Saga - another band's best work, for me they peaked right at the start 2 - Crack The Sky - Safety In Numbers - the band's best one, despite the absence of John Palumbo 1 - Magnum - Kingdom Of Madness - My favorite album of all time HMs: Styx - Pieces Of Eight - My favorite Styx album Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Watch - almost on par with Roaring Silence which is my favorite, cool stuff here from my preferred period of the band Max Webster - Mutiny Up My Sleeve - it's Max Webster Steve Hackett - Please Don't Touch - as was said in the video Yes - Tormato - yes, yes I like Tormato

A little late but finally a chance to watch this show. One word.....Epic! Such a great gang of nine to fill out the the spots on this show. So thanks to Chuck Alvarez, Anthony Ferraro, Ken Golden, George Lamie, Luis Nassar Eric Porter, Steven Reid, and Armando Venditti for such great participation and interaction. Lots of laughs and now sharing Armando's financial pain as lots to buy. '78 is sort of a lost year for me due to some personal issues that occupied a few years at the time and, until recently, never really went back and revisited it much for the music that was missed. But over the 20+ months watching SoT sent me to our library to check out music of the time and recent listens have included Hemispheres by Rush and Heavy Horses by Jethro Tull. Those two would top any list that might be made at this time but that could change after listening to some of the recommendations here. Thanks again, gents, and you, too, Pete, for another educational and highly entertaining episode of In The Prog Seat. Expecting a show on "Our Favorite Singapore Prog' albums in the very near future. Cheers!

I remember when I bought Styx's Pieces of Eight way back in the late 70s, I thought the woman on the cover of the album looked positively OLD! Now, she looks kind of attractive. Time sure does fly. Another corking episode of, Sea of Tranquillity. Thanks very much fellas.

My favourite show: Jethro Tull - Heavy horses Rush - Hemispheres Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Watch National Health - Of queues and cures David Gilmour - David Gilmour SAGA - Saga HAPPY THE MAN - Crafty hands Renaissance - A song for all seasons UK - UK

Great episode! My top 5: Rush Hemisphers David Gilmour self titled Moody Blues Octave Alan Parsons Pyramid UK self titled

1. Gordon Giltrap - Fear of the Dark 2. John McLaughlin - Electric Guitarist 3. Genesis - And then there were three. 4. Barclay James Harvest - XII 5. Rush - Hemispheres.

1. National Health - National Health 2. Tim Blake - Blake's New Jerusalem 3. Van der Graaf - Vital 4. Mike Oldfield - Incantations 5. Rush - Hemispheres I did not realise the Happy the Man album was from 1978 even though I have a (CD) copy. I thought they were a late eighties band! Still a lot to learn.

I didn't know 'Happy The Man' until I saw this episode. What beautiful music!! in the fashion of Camel and Jean-Luc Ponty,, with their own touches.Thank you guys who included this group in your picks.

Agree or not, 1978 is a favorite year of mines for Prog and Fusion music along with Van Halen debut LP. Secondly, 1978 is the year of my birth right jejejeje, Cheers!

Glad to see Jethro Tull's Heavy Horses getting so much love, and glad to hear band members, like John Evan's contributions validated. I was disappointed with the album at first, but at the same time I kept listening to it (!) Suffice it to say, it grew on me. Good stuff!

Herbie Hancock - Sunlight. Weather Report - Mr. Gone. Billy Cobham ‎- Simplicity Of Expression (Depth Of Thought). Babylon - Babylon. Passport - Ataraxia.

Hi Pete, Ken, George, Steven, Anthony, Luis, Chuck, Eric and Armando. Looking forward to your picks and insights. My five favorite prog/fusion albums of 78 would be in no particular order: Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses - Pobrich - Cap in Hand - fav song … awesome Martin Barre guitar riffs … Dixie Dregs - What If, BUBU’s - Anabelas - South American Argentina prog band with a mix of Crimson and Zappa, Steve Hillage - Green and Ange - Guet-Apens - French symphonic prog group… epic composition - Captain coeur de miel.

Fun to watch! Needed a little pick me up and this has done the job. I' d like to mention The Eye of Wendor by MandalaBand.

Not missed one of these shows yet. Awesome people picking awesome records.

My favorite Anthony moment on In the Prog Seat. Anthony showing Eddie Jobson the picture of his poster from the Zinc tour and saying to Eddie "This is my man cave".

Thank you Gentlemen, I've been exploring these, especially albums that you guys have mentioned in other videos as well, like Cathedral and Banco, but for me, the one I am flipping out about is Escenes, by the Spanish band Gotic. Absolutely great! It's prog with a touch of jazz here and there. Lots of flute, great melodies, and just when I start to think it's getting a little too whimsical, they take it somewhere really cool. So thanks especially to Ken for that recommendation. Only problem is, it's 93 bucks on Amazon. I doubt I will be able to find a copy I can afford.

Got to agree with Ken on this one - 5. Saga - Saga 4. Renaissance - A Song for all Seasons 3. Magnum - Kingdom of Madness 2. Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses 1. Grobschnitt - Solar Music Live HMs: Hawklords-25 Years On ; Alan Parsons Project - Pyramid

My top 5 prog/fusion albums of 1978 are almost identical to my top 5 albums of that year. For this show, I’ll go with: 1. UK - UK 2. Rush - Hemispheres 3. Yes - Tormato 4. Dixie Dregs - What If 5. Brand X - Masques My 5th favorite album of 1978 is Studio Tan by Frank Zappa but because Brand X is a fusion band that leans toward prog, I listed it here for this episode. Although most Zappa albums of the ‘70’s utilize elements of both prog and fusion, several other styles involved make that music almost impossible to categorize

Glad that "A Song For All Seasons" was mentioned by Pete near the end. For me, the last great Renaissance album, easily on a par with the previous 4 studio albums by the band.

Going to have to watch this tomorrow but it’s exciting to see a full crew! My top 5: Rush - Hemispheres Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses U.K. - U.K. Ñu - Cuentos de Ayer y de Hoy Trettioåriga Kriget - Hej På Er Honourable Mentions: David Bowie - Stage Cathedral - Stained Glass Stories Jean-Luc Ponty - Cosmic Messenger Kate Bush - The Kick Inside Van Der Graaf - Vital: Live Camel - A Live Record Max Webster - Mutiny Up My Sleeve Frank Zappa - Zappa in New York Goblin - Il Fantastico Viaggio del "Bagarozzo" Mark Dixie Dregs - What If Kansas - Two for the Show Peter Gabriel - 2 (Scratch) Manfred Mann’s Earth Band - Watch Genesis - …And Then There Were Three Yes - Tormato

Another great show. Thanks especially to Steven and Chuck for bringing up 2 of mine. My top 5 would be 5 Kraftwerk - Man Machine 4 Yes - Tormato 3 Genesis - And Then There Were Three 2 Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses 1 Kate Bush - The Kick Inside Looking forward to that Kate Bush ranking.

Saga's debut album got a ton of airplay on KSHE in St. Louis when it was issued. Max Webster's "Mutiny Up My Sleeve" too, but to lesser degree

I am always pushing this album Yes topographic oceans I have CD version with 3 sides of original album on one disc and I can play it then when finished press play again and can play it again for 3rd time in a row it’s a masterpiece don’t know why it gets crap from yes fans you guys in the prog seat should love it if you don’t you should.

Thanks for mentioning Dave Stewart. His work with Bill Bruford is incredible. I need to check out his back catalog.

5.Banco-Di Terra 4.Happy The Man-Crafty Hands 3.Yes-Tormato 2.National Health-s/t 1.U.K.

One not brought up is José Cid with 10.000 Anos Depois Entre Vénus e Matte. Sci Fi prog with lots of Moog, string synths and Mellotron. He's a big pop icon in his native Portugal but here it's full prog. Can't argue with a song called "Mellotron o Planeta Fantástico". Portugal isn't exactly a prog haven but this album is a great example. Others: - Babylon: Babylon - Muffins: Manna/Mirage - Magma: Attahk I realize they're an acquired taste, if you're not into them this album may not change your mind but certainly a great album if you're into them. - Cathedral: Stained Glass Stories Änglagård cited this as an influence and I was aware of that when I bought Hybris in the 1990s. When I heard the album I can see that influence.

1. Wet Dream - Richard Wright 2. David Gilmour 3. Peter Gabriel 2 4. Pyramid - Alan Parsons Project 5. Incantations - Mike Oldfield 1978 was definitely a great year for me.

1- Banco : Di Terra (agree with Ken, one of the greatest prog albums of all time) 2- The Muffins : Manna Mirage 3- Happy The Man : Crafty Hands 4- National Health : Of Queues And Cures 5- Dixie Dregs : What If/Brand X : Masques

Love this video. Can you post a list of these albums? Trying to find as many of these as I can. Thank you

(1) Styx *Pieces of Eight* (2) Carol of Harvest *Carol of Harvest* - brilliant one-off German folk-prog release - think of Eloy with Annie Haslam on vocals. (3) Manfred Mann *Watch* (4) Renaissance *A Song for All Seasons* (5) Jethro Tull *Heavy Horses*

Munju - Moon You Can - Out Of Reach Tangerine Dream Cyclone Hawkwind (Hawklords) - 25 Years On UK - UK

A recommendation for Armando - The Orchestral Tubular Bells (1975) by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (conducted by David Bedford, Oldfield plays on Bedford's 1972 album Nurses Song With Elephants) with Oldfield on guitar.

Eloy live, Eloy live... what a masterpiece... one the greatest live albums of all time. Fact.

Ideas for shows: the album that sounds LEAST like all the other albums by a band. Alternately, the two albums that sound most alike.

My CD collection is tiny compared to you guys, but my top 5 is: 1. Genesis - ...And Then There Were Three... 2. Renaissance - A Song For All Seasons 3. Rush - Hempisheres 4. Mike Oldfield - Incantations 5. Peter Gabriel - 2nd album ("Scratch")

Here's my top 5 for 1978 (in no order): Steve Hillage - Green Rush - Hemispheres Mia - Coronstipicum Steve Hackett - Please don't touch And of course U.K.

Rush - Hemispheres Genesis - And Then there were three Jeff Wayne - War of the worlds Alan Parsons Project - Pyramid Queen - Jazz Magnum - Kingdom of Madness Yes - Tormato

5. Minotaurus: Fly Away 4. Alan Parsons Project: Pyramid 3. Zon: Astral Projector 2. Styx: Pieces of Eight 1. Jethro Tull: Heavy Horses

In 2002 I managed to get an original LP of Gótic's Escenes on the Movieplay label for just $12. It usually goes for much more and my copy was in very good shape, no scratches.

Thumbs up for Tantra being mentioned!

Does Chuck have a RU-vid channel or Podcast? Really love all his picks…

So hard to pick but, Curse of the Werewolf with Oliver Reed, Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell with Prouse and Cushing, and the Santanic Rites of Dracula with Lee and Cushing are my favorites.

Hilarious show! I can't believe nobody mentioned David Sancious "True Stories" .Fantastic progfusion record.

I absolutely love Tormato by Yes, a favorite along with Close to the edge, Tales from Topographic Oceans, The Yes Album. Also X, by Klaus Schulze, since Equinox was mentioned, X far more important, IMHO!

A new limited edition Halloween SoT tee shirt quote " The Curse Is Real!" should be made

Wishbone Ash ‘No Smoke Without Fire’ Gordon Giltrap ‘Fear Of The Dark’ Jethro Tull ‘Heavy Horses’ Genesis ‘And Then There Were Three’ Rush ‘Hemispheres’ HM Be Bop Deluxe ‘Drastic Plastic’ Styx ‘Pieces Of Eight’ Jeff Wayne ‘Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of War Of The Worlds’ Roger Glover ‘Elements’ John Miles ‘Zaragon’ Alice Cooper ‘From The Inside’

Steven, man Id like to have a couple beers with that man!

Another fun show, thanks gentleman! My personal fave from 1978, I think a tie: Genesis 'ATTWT' (a criminally underrated Genesis album) and Jethro Tull 'Heavy Horses' (aside from TAAB and APP, perhaps their best album ever. Luis mistakenly said John Evan did the orchestrations - I know that was a slip of the tongue, because Luis certainly knows, and has spoken of previously, David (Dee) Palmer's brilliant orchestrations. John Evan certainly contributed piano and awesome growling Hammond organ on this album, too). Here's one that wasn't mentioned: Trillion, band from Chicago. More in the 'prog pop' category, perhaps, like Styx or Saga. Their eponymously titled first album from 1978 was full of catchy melodies and great keys and orchestrations by leader Patrick Leonard (who went on to become Madonna's musical director. Their second album, 'Clear Approach' was better, but this one deserves mention. p.s. went back and listened to that first Saga album, as per your recommendations. Some great guitar and keyboard solos on here! "World's Apart" is still the album that sticks in my head, but this was a good debut.

I have to agree that the cover to Al Di Meola's Casino. What was he thinking? Whenever I saw the cover I expected Al to record an awful easy listening lounge album but when I got the courage to buy it I was surprised. It was very good and well worth it just like Elegant Gypsy and Land of the Midnight Sun keeping in the same great fusion with Latin and occasional flamenco he did in his previous two.

wow somehow I have about 80% of these probably because at the time I was a voracious vinyl buyer and toured the local and not so local record shops and bought cheap.

Two massive ones for me : Rush, Hemispheres and John McLaughlin, Electric Guitarist. Actually my two of my top three favourite albums ever.

I hope that Anthony never upgrades his videocam setup. His slo-mo is legendary.

5. Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Watch 4. Genesis - ...And Then There Were Three... 3. Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses 2. The Dixie Dregs - What If 1. Rush - Hemispheres

Kansas, Two For The Show, comes to mind as a 1978 highlight.

What a great choice; "ELOY LIVE" every song is a masterpiece and they play the whole OCEAN album live

I love the inclusion of Cyclone by Tangerine Dream. "BENT COLD SIDEWALK...!!"

For me: Jethro Tull Heavy Horses Genesis And Then There Were Three Steve Hackett Please Don't Touch Renaissance A Song For All Seasons David Gilmour S/T are my Top 5..HM Mike Oldfield Incantations UK S/t Rush Hemispheres Kate Bush The Kick Inside

Wishbone Ash No Smoke Without Fire would be an honourable mention.

War of the Worlds is a really nice one - my fav is Thunder Child.

Genesis ATTWT was such a staple over the years.

Buen disco el primero de Guadalquivir...el segundo también es muy bueno...Saludos desde España...